1987 Asia Golf Circuit

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1987 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19) – 26 April 1987 (1987-04-26)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Brian Tennyson (2)
Order of Merit	Jim Hallet
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Asia Golf Circuit was the 26th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1987 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]
22 Feb	San Miguel Philippine Open	Philippines	100,000	Brian Tennyson (1)	10
1 Mar	United Airlines Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Ian Woosnam (n/a)	10
8 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Terry Gale (5)	10
15 Mar	Thai International Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Chen Tze-ming (7)	10
22 Mar	Charminar Challenge Indian Open	India	100,000	Brian Tennyson (2)	10
29 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	125,000	Peter Fowler (1)	10
5 Apr	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	100,000	Wayne Smith (1)	10
12 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	140,000	Mark Aebli (2)	10
19 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	130,000	Chen Liang-hsi (1)	10
26 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	¥50,000,000	Isao Aoki (n/a)	24	JPN

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3]

Position	Player	Points
1	Jim Hallet	806
2	Chen Tze-ming	678
3	Brian Tennyson	652
4	Jeff Maggert	622
5	Jim Rutledge	510

Notes

^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asia Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asia Golf Circuit members.
^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References

^ "Spotlight is on Warren". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 January 1987. p. 23. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via National Library Board.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 245–256, 458–469. ISBN 0002182831. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
^ "Hallet lands top prize in circuit". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 27 April 1987. p. 10 (19 in paper). Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.

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